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Gatorubet

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  1. Hence the “Whoops”. But to the point here, the default was because units four and five would never be built - and the billions of dollars spent on projects that would never deliver a dollar in income led to the default (when the contracting utilities were legally released from having to back WPPSS bond holders losses due to that decision). I was just saying that people with a ton of disposable income during periods of high interest are in the catbird’s seat, as they can buy things on the cheap and hold out until times get better, and they can also benefit from purchasing high-yield investment vehicles (from entities not named WPPSS anyway) at the height of inflation. tl;tr The rich get richer
  2. The good news is we’ll be able to jump in and scoop shares at $2 pretty soon. To. The. Moon!
  3. Or they could move to a farmer friendly country like Russia. You could become one of their “serfs” - which I think in Russian history means “Land Baron”.
  4. We only need one if it’s good at hitting a moving armored train.
  5. Somewhere you have to factor in the fact that during those 40 years builders started building McMansions instead of two and three bedroom houses - because no one would buy them. Everyone can afford the houses that I grew up in, but who the hell wants to live in a house with two or three bedrooms and one or two baths? I totally get the tiny house trend. And happiness is being able to meet your needs and still do fun things after your nut is paid for - and not go deeply into debt. Not needing a fortune in income just to meet your basic food and shelter needs (because of self-inflicted over-purchasing) is far from impossible if you set your goals more realistically. It is interesting that the older I get - having things that used to be seen as extravagant are now deemed to be necessities.
  6. When I was working for a Washington Superior Court in the early 80s, an attorney buddy of mine bought his first house at a little over 15% mortgage interest. The Washington Public Power Supply (WPPS, often referred to as “Whoops”), a local utility, was issuing bonds at 20%. I guess if you have a paid-off home and paid off car (even if modest ) and not a lot of debt, you will be part of America’s widening financial disparity future. As inflation raises real estate prices, you eventually might be able to sell your home at the top of the bubble and sit on the beach actually earning something near 20%. Sort of an ex-pat’s dream scenario. I have an old WIN (Whip Inflation Now) button somewhere from those times. The funny thing about history is that it keeps doing the same shit - and we act surprised every time it happens again.
  7. Once Trump finds out how much the world is clowning him for being Putin’s pussy (if he can find that information from people keeping it from him that is), he just might put sanctions on Russia. Not because he gives a shit about Ukraine, but because he looks weak compared to Putin and people are laughing at him. As good citizens, we should try to cover the Interwebs with memes and GIFs making him look like Putin’s bitch. To support Ukraine.
  8. You “happily” voted for him three times, including the first time when the government had to bail out farmers after he fucked everything up… just like he fucked it up again when you voted for him the third time. It angers you that the Libs think they are so much smarter than you, and look down on you as stupid because you are from a rural area. Honey, it ain’t the rural, it’s the stupidity…
  9. Maybe he picked the snake up to look at his anal plates?
  10. Correct. Bermuda might catch some tropical storm winds, given the large size of the wind field. And there is always enough error in a long-term forecast to keep Bermuda on its toes
  11. Shit! I missed this earlier. I am so happy for you. Fuck yeah!
  12. Very lax reporting. Should day “ fires”.🔥 🔥
  13. And all the avowed segregationists who showed up to throw rocks at buses bringing black children to their school would show up every Sunday and teach Bible school and bring pound-cakes to shut-ins. They would check on their white neighbors - and lend them a truck if theirs was temporarily broken down. IOW, “extremely decent” people. If some uppity blacks were lynched for being uppity, those same people would not shed a tear, and they certainly wouldn’t turn in the Klan member neighbors who they thought participated. Being decent to your own is not worth much if you’re not decent to everybody. And that is the simple truth. Edit: I did not read the thread before I responded and so did not see the brisket post right above me
  14. Again, Bruin, we do not kink shame here.
  15. Not Mexican, but pancakes were on the lunch and dinner menu, as was the delicious bologna and processed cheese product on white bread sammich! And this feast over rice.
  16. It looks like Trump is going to be issuing CPI reports in future written in sharpie. He will just skip the nerd stuff and cut right to the chase showing that no president has ever had better numbers.
  17. Little known factoid: every astronaut who walked on the moon was a former Eagle Scout.
  18. If only there was another way to express that, like just one word…
  19. During my ATO years at Florida, we called our fraternity brothers from there the “Polk County Primitives”. The one brother who turned out to have a KKK membership card was one of them.
  20. Damn! Can they staple a Twinkie into the organ wall as a hole block - you know - something that will never dissolve or be absorbed by your system? I missed that experience, and I’m sorry you’re having to deal with it.
  21. Look, monitoring your son’s porn consumption is a time-gobbling task.
  22. So - you can take the length, can’t take the length take the length, can’t take the length take the length, etc. Annoying. Hang in there, buddy.
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